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This is what governance breakdown can look like.

Mary Kay Delvo was quoted in The Fresno Bee as a governance expert, on a situation involving oversight, board structure, and financial controls.

No fraud was found, but significant gaps in governance were. One of the key issues? When the same people stay in the room too long, things get overlooked.

She shares in the article: “Turnover of board members allows for new eyes, new perspectives, new questions… when you have the same people, it gets stagnant.”

Stay grounded in the role of a board:

To guide
To question
To protect

And that only works when governance is active, not complacent and not assumed.

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A New Lens on Culture and Change

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Mary Kay Delvo

Most Boards Don’t Fail Because of Bad Intentions.

Mary Kay Delvo

Boards aren’t just placeholders, they are integral to any organization's success, especially in the nonprofit sector, where they hold a huge responsibility for protecting and directing the organization’s future. In Mary Kay’s work with boards, she has noticed some gaps in the typical approach to board development. A lot of time is spent telling board members what governance is, but not a lot of demonstrating how it looks. In this conversation, she shares her insights into what makes boards function well, the challenges they face, and how her approach to board development has helped transform organizations to look towards the future.

Let’s talk about “How to Govern.”

Watch the full video here on YouTube.

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The Impact of Metaphor on Owning Your Strategic Plan

Mary Kay Delvo

Mary Kay Delvo doesn’t just build plans. She roots them. Her Strategy Tree© is more than a metaphor. It anchors strategy in something deeper: vision, mission, values, direction, and action. It is not fluff. It is the difference between a team that’s aligned with purpose and one that just goes through the motions and returns to status quo.

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Embracing The Wobble: The Antidote For Managing The Pace of Change

Mary Kay Delvo

If you want to retain your employees, you must equip them with what it will take to thrive in our rapidly shifting environment.

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Does Your Organization Have Titanic Syndrome?

Mary Kay Delvo

Change is no longer a one-time event. Disruption no longer comes once a decade.

Does your business have Titanic Syndrome or is it designed to help you steam ahead in the face of our 21st Century reality?

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Media

“I took my disenchantment, my farmgirl work ethic, and started a coaching and strategy business.”

INspiring SIGHT was featured as a “hidden gem” in the Twin Cities business community. In this article, read how Mary Kay’s experience growing up with five siblings and four cousins all in the same farmyard, was a personalized boot camp for becoming a resilient business owner specializing in disrupting conflict-ridden, political, and complex environments.

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What People Say About Us

"It was clear that Mary Kay has deep knowledge of the strategy building process: the tools needed for strategy development, the people who need to be involved in the process, the power of a sound strategy, the importance of choosing the right words and more."
-National Membership Organization, Board Member
“Mary Kay Delvo made a huge impact on K2 & Co. as an early business coach and collaborator at our annual retreats. Our culture, our candor, how we approach putting employees/team members first all came from discussions with her very early on- we laid a solid foundation to build and grow from. Kirsten Kukowski and I will be forever grateful for her leadership as we started on this journey eight years ago. Highly recommend her!!”
-K2 & Co. Founders
“I have been utilizing Mary Kay as my personal development coach and seen her in action in her work with organizations. Mary Kay has a unique ability to challenge you to take a fresh look at a situation so you can develop a viable solution. She helps you evaluate the current state and look at potential outcomes from a different perspective."
— Greg Peton, Business Development & Sales Manager | Rizobacter, USA
"Mary Kay made board development interesting, engaging, and relevant for our current and future challenges.”
-Board Chair, Statewide Nonprofit
“I am in such a good spot mentally, physically, and emotionally. I feel like for the first time in a long time I am thriving and hitting my groove. It’s such an amazing feeling.”
-Leadership Coaching Client
“Mary Kay’s ©StrategyTree and Alignment Map was a difference maker for our organization. It helped everyone clearly see how to utilize our strategic plan for understanding our successes, measuring against it and keeping everyone moving in the same direction. We are using it to onboard and create a culture of inquiry.”
-Executive Director, National Member Organization
“I’ve participated in over a dozen strategic planning processes and no facilitator I’ve seen is as skilled at listening for key words that help the group come together around a vision. Her process is unique, and it works.”
-Foundation Board Member, School Board Member, Industry Leader
"Coaching with Mary Kay helped me advance at work because it helped me be proactive, vulnerable, work better with others and engage them in partnership. It helped me become the "grown-up" in the room."
-Leadership Coaching Client

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